what to do with my engine?

[turbotalon1g]

^good point, hell I am sure there are plenty of guys on here that will build you a motor if you pay them 2k

[Halon]

You in Lino? There's a shop in Andover, not too far, called Northern Cylinder Head. They took my trashed head, removed my good springs/retainers out of it and put them into my good head, decked the head, cleaned the head (didn't clean the valves tho, bastards), swapped my SS exh mani studs over to the good head. Ended up being right around like $150 if I remember right. Not the "best" headwork I've ever seen, but not bad at all for the price.

If there is nothing currently wrong with the 7-bolt, and all you need is a head, and you want it back and running asap, just slap a used refurbished head on it and be done.

I've also had the Crystal Red Rooster do headwork for me. They're work was EXCELLENT in my opinion, but the price tag was also a bit higher.

[GsXtUrBo98]

A typical head out of a junkyard is $50-300 in good useable condition. Then you can have it cleaned, decked, tanked, and a valve job done for a roughly $150-400, depends upon the machine shop.

You figure labor to swap a head isn't that crazy. 7.1 hours per alldata for a headgasket job, figure an additional 1 hr for component swap stuff, so 8 hours @ whatever shop rate.

If you can do it yourself, great. If not, it is not a cheap option. What is your quote for the used 6 bolt engine? You might as well go all out and just drop in a built 6 bolt engine if you are going that route.


I think I might be going with the 6 bolt option.. I got quoted on everything that I need plus a rebuild and assembly and all the gaskets arps, the swap and wiring, etc.. 3770 for everything out the door at map including a built head with my bc 272's put in and all PLUS TAX.. Good price??

[Kracka]

Just go for it so you can get your car back and running!

[asshanson]

Stock rebuild or aftermarket internals?

[GsXtUrBo98]

stock...

[Kracka]

Under $4k for a fully rebuilt long-block including the swap labor is a great price IMO.

[asshanson]

Yea, but I thought he was wanting a built motor? Why do it twice unless you can do it yourself for free? I wouldn't want to pay for labor on two motor swaps.

However I'd just skip the built motor altogether. Get this stock rebuild and you'll probably be fine past 500whp on MAPs dyno. What do you mean by built head? Springs/cams? Or 1mm oversize valves, porting, valve job, etc? A built head can cost over $1000 alone.

[GsXtUrBo98]

Ya and its a built head too

[Halon]

What kinda turbo are you on, and what are your power goals? If you're still running an OEM shortblock, who cares about a built head at that power level. Maybe cams and some better springs. Anything other then that is money better spent elsewhere.